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Michael REACTS to WNBA Fails with Enes Kanter Freedom

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Calshi products are not available in all jurisdictions. Prices, values, and available markets may differ from those mentioned. For more information, you can go see Calshi.com slash regulatory. Hey, Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile. Now, I don't know if you've heard, but Mint's premium wireless is $15 a month. But I'd like to offer one other perk. We have no stores. That means no small talk. Crazy weather we're having. No, it's not. It's just. It's just weather. It is an introvert's dream. Give it a try at mintmobile.com slash switch. Upfront payment of $45 for three-month plan. $15 per month equivalent required. New customer offer first three months only. Then full price plan options available. Taxes and fees extra. See mintmobile.com. Do you think that, you know, you have the skills to qualify for the women's basketball league? Because you're doing exactly what LeBron is doing. Oh my goodness. I don't want to see that. I don't want to see a woman get hurt. Wait till I get into that league. I think you know where I'm at. I've been a little tough on the WNBA and people have rightly pointed out I'm not the biggest athlete in the world, either by stature or by expertise. So I decided to bring in someone who is one of the biggest athletes in the world, both by stature and expertise. That would be Ennis Cantor-Freedom. Ennis, thank you for coming on. Thank you for having me, brother. So I don't. People are criticizing me. They're saying maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. I don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to the WNBA. Not only are you an athlete. I know what I'm talking about. Yes. Because, look, you played, what, 11 seasons in the NBA? Yeah. Yeah, but more importantly than that, you might play another 11 seasons in the WNBA if they let you in. Well, only if they let me in. Yes. You know, only if they don't change the rules. I'm actually. I started to work out. So, you know, I'm just like, you know, it's like a first day of school. You know, you get excited. You get nervous. I promise I have those feelings right now. So if they don't change the rules, I'm in. Now, do you think that, you know, you have the skills to qualify for the Women's Basketball League? Listen, if that ever happens, there won't be any record standing. I will literally. I might. They might need to get, like. I might break every rim that I've played on. I will 100% dunk everything. Wow. Okay, well. That's my goal. If I don't dunk, it doesn't count. That could be your handicap. 100%, yeah. Okay, well, I need your expertise to weigh in because maybe I've misinterpreted with some of the gals of the WNBA have said, here's one of the coach ladies describing the whole issue. What is your stance on men or athletes who test as biological male participating in women's sports? What's your personal stance? Yeah, I mean, I don't know that I would say that I'm educated enough from a scientific standpoint. I don't ever believe that exclusion is an answer. I just don't. I do think, you know, when we think about various levels of sport, various governing bodies of sport and things that go into that, like I said, I'm not educated enough at the different levels. I know growing up, I played with the boys all the time. There weren't girls' sports. Would you welcome a biological male in WNBA? Again, it's like, I don't know. When we talk about biological male and scientifically where we are, I think it's a totally different scenario. You know, as I've said, I'm not educated enough in terms of transgender and transitioning. So to give you a smart answer, I would say, though, that I just don't feel like exclusion is an answer. And I think that we need to have deeper, more layered conversation. Okay, so the main takeaway is from that, that woman is not educated. And also, from what she's saying, that sounds pretty good for you. So listen, but do you see how she, like, stutters, right, when she answers, how nervous she gets? Just say no, dude. Like, what are you talking about? Like, iffy? Like, if the biological male comes to your league, right? Yeah. You're going to be taking your minutes. You're going to be taking your endorsement deals. You're going to be taking your dignity and everything you have built. Like, they have no idea. I've been actually in touch with three European players, three G League players and two former NBA players. They said if they don't change rules, we are all in. So at that point, why do we have a women's league? Let's get rid of the WNBA. Let's merge the two leagues and let's see what they can do in a men's league. Now, you had me at let's get rid of the WNBA. That was very persuasive. What's strange about her answer, she says, I'm not educated. I'm not educated. I don't know anything. I'm not smart. I'm not educated. Okay, very good. She says, but no exclusion. And then she hesitates on whether or not you can join. So then you did show up to the WNBA, right? Six-point basketball game, Chicago, staying in it. Natasha Cloud. And right before the break, this was the scene inside Wintrust Arena. After Natasha Cloud got that bucket, she wanted her voice heard. We have talked about the conversations surrounding the W. That is Enos Kanter in the building today. And he has voiced how he's felt about the situation. Natasha Cloud voicing her opinion as well. Kanter was just escorted out. Okay, well, they excluded you. Exactly. They said they weren't going to exclude anybody. 100%. Why'd they exclude you? Listen, you know, it's funny because all I did was just got up and say, I support women. That's literally all I said. And it was-- I was wearing a t-shirt was defining what a woman is. That, I guess, triggered them. And then that really triggered Natasha Cloud. She was barking at me. She was dropping a lot of F-bombs. I mean, it's crazy, man. That's not very ladylike, by the way. No, definitely not. Dropping those F-bombs. Definitely not. And also, like, she's loved by the Chicago fans. Like, there was so many teenagers and kids was at that game. I'm like, you can't be doing that in front of all these kids. Yeah. I mean, after they kicked me out, I'm like, this is just crazy. I thought they were for women, you know? So I'm like, I guess let's see what happens. I mean, the crazy thing is, after this whole thing, right? The owner of Chicago Sky, Michael Alter, came out and said Ennis' actions was equal to shooting a gun. He said this in Chicago. They know a lot about shooting guns in Chicago. That's what I'm talking about. Like, you can't be making that kind of statement in Chicago. It's just-- yes, that is incoherent. And then, obviously, the whole situation is incoherent. Because on the one hand, they say, we're not going to exclude anybody. We're not going to say that people who look like men can't play in the WNBA. But on the other hand, they exclude this poor young woman who's just trying to support her fellow girls. I pay-- listen, I pay, like, what? Over-- almost $10,000 for those seats. Hold on. I thought $10,000 was, like, the entire revenue of the WNBA. How did you pay $10,000 for those seats? Kaitlyn Clark changes the whole game. If-- listen, I looked at every other game, right? I'm like, why is this so expensive? They used to pay you to come to games. And now, like, I'm like, I have to pay $10,000? Every other WNBA games, right, they were like, you know, $50, $100, $150. That's too expensive. But for-- even maybe people are saying that even that is too expensive. But Kaitlyn Clark, man, she just-- she just-- You know what else is unfair about this? So you play 11 seasons in the NBA. That means you've already paid a lot of money to the WNBA because the NBA subsidizes the WNBA. See, that's what no one knows about. So the WNBA loses around $50 million a year. Actually, if you're an NBA player, would know about this but if you're not an nba player you wouldn't know so um every year it's called escrow nba takes some of the money from the players yeah and if the revenues on everything was good they paid their money back if not they keep the money so uh if if no nba there's not going to be double the nba because they're the one that paying all the bills it's you should at least get a discount you shouldn't have to pay ten thousand dollars i want my money back man you should get your money i'm telling you maybe you can get it back when you're in the wnba as part of your salary okay so if you wouldn't mind just bring in some of your wnba knowledge to bear if you're on the team if who knows maybe you play some seasons maybe you end up coaching wmba what would be your read on some of these plays let's check it out top five funniest lowlights in wmba history let's go take a look starting off at number five i got a brick lamp big man gets the board sends it back to the person who missed and she misses it another layup and then they can't even grab the rebound at number four we have a three turnover sequence first girl passes it directly to the other team next girl dribbles it through a double team turns it over and then the last girl just throws it out of bounds like what am i even watching at number three we have a basically four turnover sequence first player falls over turns it over next player passes it away to the other team finally we got some offense nope wait miss layup next player brings it all the way back down the court oh she gets in the lane hey maybe what nope pass right to the other team and you wonder why nobody watches at number two i got an inbounds play nothing bad can happen right unless you pass it right to the other team and the other person didn't help themselves out by bricking the three-pointer i mean this is insane we're passing it right to the other team she didn't even have a teammate within like 20 feet but at number one we have miss rookie of the year hitting the bottom of the rim on a wide open layup reason why we watching women's basketball it's not just because of one person it's because of me too nah shorty that's all caitlyn hands on the knees okay now i want to know because i think i'm missing something is there some deeper 5d strategy to like if you like i don't know i only played basketball when i was about six years old do you do you intentionally throw the ball to the other team in order to oh god you know i watch some of the you know au you know basketball and they're like what what 15 16 years old i promise you i think the best au team it's going to be very close very it's going to go viral and i don't even i don't even know if i should say this but i think the best au team can beat the best wmba team 100 um you ever hear about karsten brush so there's this guy karsten brush he's a tennis player and venus and serena williams said they could beat any male tennis player ranked outside the top 200. so karsten brush was ranked i think 208 and he was going to take them both on same day double header and to prepare for for his tennis matches he went out played a round of golf smoked some cigarettes had a couple of beers and then he beat one of the williams sisters six to zero the other one six to two oh my god you're saying that's what would happen with au basketball listen au kids are like what 15 16 year old kids i promise you man i think au boy teams the best au boy teams in the country can beat the best wmba teams i'm beginning to wonder because i i was about six or seven last time i played basketball and i'm but looking at that i say well hold on i remember that i remember like throwing it to the other team and so maybe look you're going to be the pioneer you're gonna be the trailblazer and then maybe i can come into the wmba afterwards do we have any more highlights the cream the cringes please player of all time she should get a award for that angel reese there you go okay so what do you owe angel reese so i was actually like watching angel reese because i used to do that when i was in high school i used to miss it on purpose so i can get like more rebounds on my stat sheet so at one point i was actually thinking about maybe she does it on purpose so i was actually watching her games i'm like no she's just not that good she's just missing it wide open layups you know and then she comes out and say the reason people watch wmba is because of not not because of one person but because of me as well like you don't just say that can i do you do you know i don't know the answer to this how much money does angel reese make playing basketball oh i think i mean with all the endorsement deals and everything i easily i think closer to three million actually two to three million dollars i i think so you know she blocked me on twitter angel reese angel reese did she block me on twitter i want to actually show it to you man it's actually two to three million dollars i think so i would say angel reese she blocked look this is angela reese right but she wants you to pay her why would she block it that's a bad strategy if you're going to pay her and you did pay her because you paid into the wmba i would say a fair let's ask gbt yeah i'm going to ask hold on i would say if i were running the wmba yeah which maybe i can someday i would say a fair wage for the way she plays basketball is about 32 000 a year possibly with dental insurance so so her uh wmb salaries are on 350. with all the endorsement deals i promise you she will make close to 1.5 2 million dollars easily that's what i'm saying like a regular wmb uh player makes around like about three four but if you're like a top one like the eight or nine million dollar player you're going to want to like the aj wilson for example they make 1.6 million dollars so let's just let's talk about uh a g league player they make around 45 000 a year yeah right so all they have to do come out and say identify as a woman they will be making 1.6 million dollars a year so that's what i'm saying exactly worst case scenario 100 so all that all you have to do just say identify as a woman and you'll be making you know 1.3 4 million dollars more because it's crazy comparing that to daily wire salaries i realize i'm i'm in the wrong line of work i gotta throw a basketball okay do we have any more highlights from the wmba y'all said it's the player of the year so i want all the smoke all the smoke so who's the best player in the country to the media or me as you see it i feel like i'm the best player in the country yeah the reason why we watching women's basketball is not just because of one person it's because of me too and i want y'all to realize that she said it's not just one person it's both of us so angel's team right in chicago and their attendance six thousand six thousand twelve thousand nine thousand eight thousand eight thousand and then seventeen thousand whoa why was it seventeen thousand who she played who you think she played what more would you want to see for women's sports that's getting paid our worth period like yeah yeah because you're doing exactly what lebron is doing so okay so what there was one time that my company mayflower cigars we did a collab with carl malone that's basically my only interface with the nba until right now okay so i don't know how to assess is she doing exactly what lebron is doing my god first of all let me not listen on the card lebron is one of the arguably the best player in the world ever right and comparing a girl that can make an open layup to someone like lebron i'm like what you guys that's what i'm saying like she just she's like it's like a there are a lot of content creators out there right and she just gives them a lob yes all the time and i'm grateful like what are you doing just if she just if she just stopped making comments off the court and just focus on basketball she's not a bad player but she's just talking too much and then i mean at that point she should just focus on her podcast i don't get her her argument though because if her argument is we do this we in the wnba we do the same thing as they do in the nba including the great players like lebron and you say well hold on a guy playing college basketball is doing the same thing as lebron if by the same thing you mean like dribbling a ball and throwing it running there like a five-year-old michael was i was doing the same thing by her art but she wouldn't say that the five-year-old should get paid the same as lebron no definitely not so it's going to be interesting because like i said again i mean i really would like all these players are not advocating for you know trans athletes playing in their league i'm excited to see like i mean think about i'm just imagining right i'm closing my eyes and i'm just imagining i'm on the post like i got the ball and she's guarding me yeah like oh my god that's like just like that's like that's easy and she just this year she got uh selected for defensive player of the year so she got an award so according to wmba she is the best defender in the wmba right now and obviously we are watching her highlights okay so let's say pick up game ennis canter freedom and angel reese play one-on-one oh what's the score i i promise if she scores even once she wins i would not even let i mean she wouldn't be able to score one like they they have no idea like biology matters matters man like they have no idea if they ever have to go against a man um so i'm just i'm just excited i mean listen these are the rules that they they put out there right i'm just following their rules don't you think though it might get a little awkward if you end up on her team do you think she's gonna have to unblock you on twitter there's gonna be some i mean that's happened on teams before let me tell you how a draft works yeah the best team gets the worst player sorry the best team uh gets the worst player worst team gets the best player so um i don't know how the draft works in wmba i mean i would love to play for atlanta i think this is a great city it's a great fan base um i think looks like they're going to make the finals and i will be going to finals to watch watch my girl angel wow yeah i'm going to their game actually so it's gonna be very interesting by end of their team they're probably gonna let you stay and keep watching it right they better yeah because i'm just a regular fan i wouldn't and a prospective player exactly i'm actually there to take some notes because potentially if they don't change the rules i will be going against these players next year there's a lot more to say first though go to getfreespoke.com slash daily wire the truth gets buried freespoke helps you find it and you decide so right here let's just look it up let's look up a little w n b a w u s i don't look that up very often but when i'm speaking to ennis canter freedom i will 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create some space it looked like she just got hit in the eye there oh oh and marina mabry i missed that one edona oh i missed that one too yeah it looked like caitlin got hit hard both by jc sheldon women are always so nice to each other it just it's crazy to me when attacking another woman it's just funny because like she is the golden goose of the league and everybody knows that everybody the league knows that every other player knows that but i think it's just it's just jealousy you know you're telling me women would be jealous and cruel toward each other i don't know i don't know i don't know i don't know i guess no i've never heard that you're telling me for the first time but but why her in particular is it just because she's so good um i think i mean listen till caitlin clark arrived right nobody was really watching the wmba and i think all the other players just feel that disrespect and now because everyone is watching the league is because of her even like right now they're out of the playoffs and like the numbers went down by like 50 to 60 percent because no one wanted to watch anyone else but her and i remember when i went to uh chicago sky game it was so crazy how many kids uh chicago kids was just wearing her jersey um you know wearing her t-shirts and stuff so she's the reason that wmba is um is out there again why why do they hate her for it though i think like republicans weren't cool at all uh in most of my so trump came around and then everybody started watching because trump was really cool and popular and everything and so i would say as a republican i wouldn't hate trump for that i would love trump for that i'd be very grateful that trump is helping out the team right so she's the reason now all every other player gets pay more so they should protect her at all costs the league the old other players and i think like i think her teammates needs to do a better job protecting her as well i mean there are a couple of them out there like sophie and and i think like there was one more i believe that like really trying to protect caitlin but everyone else is like i'm like if i have a teammate which i did like someone like i played with like russell westbrook kevin red right i was like making sure no one set him a hard screen no one touch him and everyone even said anything i was ready to fight because i mean they are the reason that we're making so much money so all these players out there man just protect your golden goose yeah you said you're saying that the women are not just mean to each other they're also sometimes irrational i've never never heard that do we have any more caitlin clark highlights oh yeah yeah you see the blood there yeah it was a hard hit you go up for the rebound come down straight elbow to your uh you see right there jewel lloyd's right elbow goes into caitlin clark's mouth that's a nice little linger right there i don't want to discourage you in your new career i don't like women's sports uh tennis they can have i don't you know why i don't like women's sports it's because i love women i don't want to see that i don't want to see a woman get hurt i would go to ufc sometimes okay i go to ufc and i go there and i'm watching it it's barbaric and it's crazy but it's kind of fun and then the women get up and start beating each other up i go get a drink i can't i don't want to watch that listen wait till wait till i get into that listen man i'm i'm seven foot two hundred and seventy five pounds so think about all these girls playing against a giant like me right yeah i mean are they gonna make your gums bleed are they gonna get you right there i'm gonna get a couple scratches if they're on your thigh on your i don't know like that yeah but uh but it's gonna be exciting man i think but so according to their rule because they don't want to discriminate anyone right i am allowed to take a shower in the same room with them i am allowed to change in the same locker room with them and i am allowed to use the same bathroom as them because if you identify as a woman you should be allowed to do all of that because it's in their collective well right and i guess they wouldn't it wouldn't make sense for the wnba to have men's showers in exactly so think about think about how uncomfortable is going to get as a full of i don't know if i should say this but full of women yeah in a room taking shower and i'm just walking in yeah nobody by the way it be uncomfortable for you i in college i had to share a bathroom with women anyway i'm just i'm saying for a few different reasons one i want to use the bathroom around women and two uh not to be too harsh uh a lot of the wnba ladies they're not like um they're not supermodels okay so i i don't want to be out of line but you might be uncomfortable too i think everybody would be uncomfortable so that's what i'm saying like what are you guys doing like they don't they have no idea what kind of like what they are getting stuff into because like so all the you know so this is i think to me what we are fighting for is bigger than sports because to all the parents out there right who think all i'm you know who criticize me on social media every single day like think about if your little daughters they have little daughters right or if your wife or your your sister would you let your little daughters be in the same locker room it's crazy or be in the same shower with a biological male you know i what i'm trying to talk about i have a sort of adulatory take on why the women are like this in the wnba which one it's irrational it's crazy they're not but part of it is women do tend to be a little more uh accommodating they try to be a little more passive they try to be all these things and so it there is something in traditional gender roles that says women are not perfectly equipped to tell bad people no and sometimes you need a guy you need a tough guy to say like no The big hairy dude doesn't get to go into your locker room. The women might be kind of accommodating. We're not going to let that happen, though. That's wrong. That's dangerous. Yeah, and listen, I'm not the only one, man. There are many other male athletes out there that who, if they don't change the rules, then they're going to put their name in a draft. Listen, I'm not a difficult person to deal with. All I'm asking is, add the word biological next to the word female in your collective bargaining. I promise you, you will not hear from me ever again. People think I'm a psychopath. People think I'm the enemy now. Because when you talk about these issues, which I have a conversation with Sophie, actually. Sophie Cunningham. This is not a right or left issue. This is a matter of common sense and morality. Yeah. You know? So I understand some of the media out there is out there trying to make me look like an enemy, right, or a grifter. But, again, I'm here to protect women, and if they don't change the rules, I'm going all the way. Yeah, because, by the way, you're doing this to just hold the league accountable to their own rules. And to dunk a lot. You'll probably also dunk a lot if they let you in. I miss playing, man. Listen, I got blackballed by the NBA because I was, you know, talking about, you know, the human rights violations in China. And, obviously, everybody knows the relationship between the NBA and China is billions of dollars. So I miss playing basketball. I haven't played basketball since 2022. So if they don't change the rules, I'll be the best. Like, you think, Kit? And Clark can't put people on the stands. Think about when I arrive. Like, every game is going to be sold out. They're losing so much money. I will actually be, I will help them. The game that I went to that I got kicked out was the most watched WNBA games in their history. So you're welcome, WNBA. Also, let's say that you're successful. You get in. You're the guy who is doing this for all the right reasons to protect women, to protect even the integrity of the WNBA, such as it is. Think about all the other guys who are doing this not for the right reasons. Exactly. That's very scary. That's what I'm saying. I mean, like, at that point, why do we have a women's league? Let's merge the two leagues. Yeah. The NBA and WNBA, right? And then you won't be losing anybody. And we'll call it the NBA. Exactly. Exactly. We'll just take away the W. Do we have any more Caitlin Clark before we go? Thank you. So the crazy thing to me was the commissioner of the WNBA, Kathy Engelbert, and the task force, just they had a meeting around a month ago. They said the reason we are holding this meeting is because we want to we're going to figure it out what a woman is. They came out of the meeting, and they said we need weeks or maybe months to figure it out to answer that question. And if I was playing, like, think about this. If Adam Silver, commissioner of the NBA, right, holds a meeting with the task force of the NBA and says, hey, guys, we need to figure out what a man is, the next day there will be outrage. There will be a lockout. Yeah. Like, if I'm one of those players, I will feel somewhat of disrespect. Like, what do you mean? What do you mean? The commissioner of the league that I'm playing? The commissioner of the league that I'm playing for, right, cannot define my gender? I will quit. No, we need some kind of goodwill hunting. Like, Matt Damon shows up. You know, we've got this intractable problem on the chalkboard. And then he shows up. He says, a woman is like that. You know? And it's like, how did he know? How did he, this genius janitor, how did he know? Unbelievable. But it's interesting, man. I mean, listen, they could have just killed the whole thing the next day. But, I mean, they're just dragging this whole thing. I mean, they're. They still couldn't figure it out what a woman is. And think about this. Instead of defining what a woman is, right, the commissioner of the WNBA decided to step down. From one of the biggest women organizations in America, she's like, no, I'm not going to define it. She couldn't figure it out. I was like, yeah, I'd rather step down. Yeah. And she's been there for over seven years. No, but this is really, this actually makes me feel bad for them now. Because this is like, you deal with this sometimes with your wife or whatever. If I'm negotiating something. Right. I like negotiating. It's annoying. It takes up time. It's tough. But I really enjoy a negotiation. I like to, I want to get my side through. I want to, it's a fun game. Okay. Women hate negotiations. This is why they get paid less. Women do get paid less than men. It's in part because they work fewer hours and they work for less stretches of time and they do all that. But the other reason they get paid less is because the man goes into his boss's office and say, hey, this is what I need. This is what I'm not getting. These are my options. And the guy gets it. And the guys both enjoy that. And the woman will never ask for the raise. She might go sue the company for discrimination, but she'll never ask for a raise. And so this is the extreme form. The head of the WNBA just says like, well, I'm in this negotiation and I have to be like, you know what? I'm out. I'm out. I give up. Maybe you could become the commissioner. Listen, I support, and I have them more for women than that commissioner. I promise. For sure. It's a shame, man. But whoever. Whoever the next commissioner is, right, from day one, make the right decision, add the word biological, and then I will be gone. Because if not, so the question is, people keep asking me, are you going to sue them? The thing is, I don't want to sue them. I will win in every scenario. I will win because of discrimination and it's in their collective bargaining. But I don't want to sue them because I really don't want them to lose even more money. And the NBA is the one that will be paying me if I sue the WNBA. It'll be a, yes, it'll be a hassle, but then you could recoup some of your money that you paid them when you were a player in the NBA. So you might use that to. That's actually very smart. You've got to sue them to allow, it's like you're helping them help themselves. Do we have any, before we go, do we have any more Caitlyn Clark highlights? Oh, there's Sophie. Oh, God. Oh, my God. And I was like, oh, shouldn't have said that. And I didn't say a word. The point heard around the world. I love it. That point was viral, probably one of the biggest memes now in sports history. The point was because someone fouled Caitlyn Clark, is that right? Yeah, they got in a scuffle and then all she did was just point and that really triggered the other player. So I think what Caitlyn Clark and Sophie Cunningham doing for women's basketball, not only in WNBA, but inspiring all these, you know, young girls out there around the world is amazing, unbelievable. I just hope that they don't blackball Sophie Cunningham. There was a huge article a couple of days ago in New York Times and then whoever wrote that op-ed, it was saying that the Indiana Fever is in the WNBA. It was like, oh, I'm going to get rid of Sophie Cunningham because she brings a lot of off-the-court attention to the team. So I know where this is going because the media is really going to push hard. They're just going to push her out. I think if that ever happens, she's going to have every right to sue them because she's an amazing player. She's one of the best shooters out there. But the New York Times article was just horrible. And now the media is. They really want Sophie out because she is exposing their hypocrisy. Yeah. Yeah. A lot of off-the-court attention. What about all the other players who are beating up Caitlin Clark and trying to let men play in the league? They're not bringing off-the-court attention. I think they are. Like what Sophie is doing, just bringing attention for good. She simply said she didn't like she didn't commit any kind of crime. All she did is that man should stay out of women's sports. And that was. You know, for her to push media to get him out of the league, out of Indiana Fevers. You know, she is a horrible person, blah, blah, blah. But if that ever happens, everybody will know that she's been blackballed and she has every right to sue the league. Well, you pointed out that Sophie Cunningham, Caitlin Clark, they're really great inspirations for young female athletes. Of course. And I hope that sooner rather than later, Ennis Cantor Freedom is a great inspiration for young women athletes, too. To show there's no limit they can't transgress and there's no glass ceiling they can't smash their very tall heads through. And if anyone out there who thinks my what I do is a stunt or it's not. Who would say that? They're being transphobic, literally. And I make this very clear. I'm not here to mock or make fun of any kind of personal decisions or group of people. I'm just literally following their rules. If they change rules, I'll be the first one to follow and say, all right, I'm gone. Walk through the sun. Set. But if they don't, I will be breaking every record. If they don't do it, as long as they have the rules, you're here, you're queer, and you're dunking that basketball. Ennis, thank you for coming by. Make sure I got to send you home. I brought with me here. I smoke the Robusto and the Coronas, but I brought the Ennis size cigars. These are the Gordos. I don't smoke, but if they ever change the rules, I will. I will be making a video with these cigars. 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  5. Ennis Kantor-Freedom and Caitlin Clark are highlighted as key figures in the WNBA, with Kantor-Freedom advocating for rule changes to include biological male athletes.
  6. Critics argue that WNBA players, including Clark and Sophie Cunningham, face backlash for speaking out on gender and inclusion, with some claiming the league’s response is irrational or discriminatory.
  7. The WNBA’s leadership is criticized for avoiding definitions of "woman," with some suggesting this reflects broader gender negotiation failures and pay disparities.
  8. A central theme is the tension between enforcing rules and protecting women's sports, with advocates pushing for transparency, inclusion, and fair treatment of athletes.

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The transcript blends promotional content with commentary on sports, politics, and personal advocacy. The Daily Wire promotes its new film and offers a link to a cognitive enhancement product, Modafinil, which is marketed as a long-lasting alternative to coffee by stimulating multiple brain receptors. Calshi is featured as a platform for real-time political market trading, where users can place bets on key races like those in Michigan and Texas.

Mint Mobile is promoted through a no-store, minimalist wireless plan with a limited-time discount. A major focus is on the WNBA, particularly the controversy around Ennis Kantor-Freedom’s call to challenge the league’s rules for biological male athletes, and the backlash from players like Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham, who advocate for gender inclusivity. Critics argue that the league’s response is inconsistent, dismissive, or discriminatory, citing a lack of clear definitions and real-world consequences.

The discussion touches on broader issues of gender roles, negotiation dynamics, and pay equity, with the conclusion that meaningful change requires transparency and rule reform. The narrative positions these debates as pivotal moments in the evolution of women’s sports and athlete rights.

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Some argue that allowing biological males in women's leagues would undermine fairness, while others believe exclusion is not the solution and that deeper, more inclusive conversations are needed.

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